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Straight-Time Pay
The total amount of money earned for a pay period at the regular hourly rate.
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Straight-Time Pay Formula
Hourly Rate x Hours Worked
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Overtime pay
pay received for hours worked in addition to regular hours
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Time and a Half
an overtime pay rate of 1 1/2 times the regular hourly rate
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double time
an overtime pay rate of 2 times the regular hourly rate
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Total pay (gross pay) formula
Straight-time pay + Overtime pay
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Overtime Pay Formula
Overtime rate x Overtime hours
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Weekly Time Card
A daily record of the time you report to work and the time you depart
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Total Hours worked formula
Sum of daily hours in a week
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Piecework pay
Pay according to the number of units produced.
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Piecework total pay formula
rate per item x number of items produced
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Salary
A fixed amount of money paid to an employee for each pay period.
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Salary per Pay period
Annual salary / number of pay periods per year
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Commission
An amount paid to an employee based on a percentage of the employee's sales. Might be paid a commission only, or have guaranteed minimum salary. If so, if your commision > minimum salary, you are paid commission, and vice versa.
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Commission Formula
Total sales x commission rate
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Gross pay (commission)
Salary or commission, whichever is greater
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graduated commission
Pay based on a different rate of commission for each of several levels of sales. when you reach quota of sales, your commission increases
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Total graduated commissions formula
sum of commissions for each level of sales
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FIT
Federal Income Tax. amount your employer witholds from your paycheck to give to the government. There are tables specifying.
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Witholding allowance
reduces the amount of federal income tax to be withheld, depending on the amount of people you support
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Simple Average
assumes the same number of each object
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Weighted average
Average of data that takes other factors such as the number of items into account.
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List price/catalog price
The retail price listed in a catalog or on an Internet site
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Trade discount
a reduction in the list price granted to customers, or retailers by wholesalers
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net price
The price after the trade discount has been deducted from the list price.
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Trade discount rate
The amount of the discount of an item expressed as a percent of the list price.
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Trade Discount formula
List price x Trade-Discount Rate
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net price formula
list price - trade discount
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Complement
way to find net price, expressed as a percentage
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complement formula
100 - trade discount rate
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Net price formula using complement method
List price x complement
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Trade discount rate formula
trade discount (in $$)/list price
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Chain discount
Occurs when the list price of a product is subject to a series of trade discounts.
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how to calculate chain discount
you must add up each discount individually. written as {percent one} less {percent two} or {percent one}/{percent two}. First fine the first discount {percent one}, then the second with the remaining price
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net price rate
multiplication of all the chain discounts as complements. For example, $30 list price at 5/10 is $30 x 0.95 x 0.90. Net price rate is 0.95 x 0.90. You pay 85% of the original price.
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SED (single equivalent discount)
Complement of the net price. Use this to find the discount. SED x list price = discount
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Ordinary dating discount
an incentive to pay early. The supplier will offer a cash discount if the bill is paid in a certain number of days. Ordinary dating example: Invoice says 2/10, net 30 (or 2/10 n30) means that there is 2% cash discount if paid within 10 days, and net price has to be paid in 30 days.